Anniversaries 22 March

Birth

Mumon Gensen1

1323–1390

William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath1

English politician 1684–1764

Edward Moore8

English dramatist and writer 1712–1757

William I, German Emperor1

German Emperor and King of Prussia 1797–1888

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton8

English feminist, social reformer, and author 1808–1877

John B. Tabb2

American poet 1845–1909

Francis William Bourdillon10

British poet 1852–1921

Clarence G. Child1

scholar of medieval literature 1864–1948

Robert Andrews Millikan2

American physicist 1868–1953

Louis L'Amour65

Novelist, short story writer 1908–1988

Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding3

British noble 1908–1993

Gabrielle Roy40

French Canadian fiction writer 1909–1983

Agnes Martin48

American artist 1912–2004

Lew Wasserman1

American studio executive and talent agent 1913–2002

Virginia Grey3

American actress (1917-2004) 1917–2004

Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma22

Maharaja of Travancore 1922–2013

Ian Mackay1

Australian immunologist 1922

Marcel Marceau13

French mime and actor 1923–2007

Paul Fussell15

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal 1924–2012

Michael Hamburger7

British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic 1924–2007

Dmitri Volkogonov2

Russian military officer (colonel-general) and historian 1928–1995

Stephen Sondheim16

American composer and lyricist 1930

Pat Robertson27

American media mogul, executive chairman, and a former Sout… 1930

William Shatner11

Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, author, and fil… 1931

Orrin Hatch1

United States Senator from Utah 1934

Anne Wilson Schaef1

American psychotherapist and author 1934–2020

Bavua Ntinu André1

Spiritual master of the PSV 1939–2013

Dave Keon1

Canadian ice hockey player 1940

Billy Collins9

American poet 1941

George Benson1

American musician 1943

Eric Roth9

American screenwriter 1945

Alexander Nehamas7

Professor of philosophy 1946

Rudy Rucker27

American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction… 1946

James Patterson342

American author 1947

Andrew Lloyd Webber2

British composer 1948

Brian Hanrahan2

British journalist and television presenter 1949–2010

Diane Mott Davidson1

novelist 1949

Bob Costas11

American sportscaster 1952

Jorge Rodríguez-Novelo1

mexican-born American prelate 1955

Steven Biegler1

American prelate 1959

Ibrahim Ibrahim (bishop)1

Melkite Greek Catholic bishop of Canada 1962

Gary W. Janak1

American Catholic auxiliary bishop 1962

Steve Dillon3

British comic artist 1962–2016

Susan Ann Sulley1

British pop singer 1963

Kathleen McGowan2

American writer 1963

David Kurten4

British politician 1971

Ari Marmell2

D&D game writer 1974

Reese Witherspoon6

American film actress and producer 1976

Constance Wu8

American actress 1982

Jen Wang4

American comics artist 1984

Tania Raymonde4

American actress 1988

Death

Thomas Carew9

English poet 1594–1640

Moulay Ismail1

second ruler of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty 1646–1727

Jonathan Edwards79

Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian 1703–1758

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe185

German writer, artist, and politician 1749–1832

Stephen Decatur1

United States Navy officer 1779–1820

Thomas Hughes14

English lawyer, author and cricketer 1822–1896

Frederic William Farrar1

British clergyman and author 1831–1903

Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner3

British orientalist 1840–1899

Clemens August Graf von Galen4

German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal, important fi… 1878–1946

George Sarton33

American historian of science 1884–1956

Uuno Kailas1

Finnish poet and writer 1901–1933

Dudley Carew4

English journalist, writer, poet and film critic 1903–1981

U.G. Krishnamurti40

Indian philosopher 1918–2007

Harold J. Morowitz1

American biophysicist 1927–2016

Dan Hartman3

American singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, record… 1950–1994

Rob Ford6

Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto 1969–2016